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2007–08 in Belgian football

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2007

The 2007-08 football season in Belgium, which is the 105th season of competitive football in the country.

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Belgian Second Division

Source: Belgian Second Division
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of matches won; if teams are still tied a playoff is organised
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

European Club Results

Note that the Belgian team's score is given first

This season, Gent played in the Intertoto Cup and got eliminated in the final round. Likewise Genk got beaten in the second qualifying round of the Champions League, while Anderlecht got knocked out of that same tournament in the third qualifying round which allowed them to take part in the UEFA Cup together with Standard Liège and Club Brugge. In the UEFA Cup, Anderlecht managed to get the furthest, namely into the last 16.

Deaths

  • Constant Vanden Stock, 93, honorary president, former president and player of Anderlecht died by natural causes on April 19, 2008. He also managed the Belgian national team for ten years, is the father of current Anderlecht president Roger Vanden Stock and has the Anderlecht stadium named after him.
  • François Sterchele, 26, the forward of Club Brugge died in a single-person car accident on May 8, 2008.
  • Victor Wégria, 71, former player and trainer of RFC Liège is one of the best players in the history of the club. He was four times top scorer in the Belgian top division (in 1959, 1960, 1961 and 1963) and was capped five times by the Belgium national football team. He died by natural causes on June 6, 2008
  • References

    2007–08 in Belgian football Wikipedia